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James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, actor, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the puppets for Sesame Street (1969). Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less than a year later in 1959. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics. In 1969, Henson joined the children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. Henson revolutionized the way puppetry is captured and presented in video media, and he won fame for his characters – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The Storyteller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989). Henson died in New York City from toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. At the time of his death, he was in negotiations to sell his company to The Walt Disney Company, but talks fell through after his death. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, and was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog
for Kermit the Frog in Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2: The Revenge of Doom
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Within the timeframe of the 1940s to present day, The toons of the world of Roger Rabbit have faced difficulties staying relevant as for one reason or another, many of the classic cartoons from the first have retired aside from the select few that include Roger, Jessica, Baby Herman and Benny the Cab. Despite having good work as two bit parts aside from miscellaneous work as entertainment at birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. A flashback before the main events of the film reveal the funeral of Eddie Valiant and many of the toons alongside his wife. Dolores and his friend, Lt Santino and some of the toons helped from the days of Valiant and Valiant. Everyone mourns the loss of Eddie. Within a darks and desolate place in Los Angeles, relatives of the Toon Patrol resurrect or make a new version of Doom that plans to destroy the toons by remaking and redoing them with subpar but profitable remakes that will lead to them falling out of favor with the general public and in the process allows him to take his revenge upon Roger and all of the toons for killing him and ruining his plans for the last time. Stay Tooned
